As I look back to when I first started my old lady yoga stretches, trying to build a ‘habit,’ I see several improvements –
When I started, I –
- Had trouble getting on the floor on the mat
- had to wait a full minute or so for lying on my back to quit hurting
- could not put my arms behind me over my head
- could not bring my knees up high enough to grab them
- could not even THINK about touching my toes
- could not lift the front of my body up on my arms while lying on my stomach
- had trouble balancing while on hands and knees for any stretching
Et cetera,. Et cetera, Et cetera. (Like Yul Brenner in “The King and I.”
I’m still old – even older now, but I have made a lot of progress. Each day I feel I’m a bit looser than I was the previous practice. It’s not a miracle, but it makes me feel better – more flexible, with less pain, able to balance much better. Some of my muscles are getting stronger. It has started to offset any overdoing I do in other things, bringing me back to being able to relax.
Daily yoga is not a habit – yet. I seem to be one of the harder nuts to crack about how long it takes to make something a habit. But I’m definitely seeing a difference and determined to keep going.
Time to go practice!
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